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Favorite Titles and Authors by Gender and Grade Level
Submitted by Missouri Library Media Specialists
Grades 1-5 5-8 MS HS
Grades 1-5
| Grades |
Girls Favorite |
Guys Favorite |
| 1-2 |
|
Dinosaur books |
| 1-4 |
|
Haines, Shirley |
| 1-4 |
|
Sport books |
| 1-6 |
|
The Culpeper Adventures |
| 2-3 |
|
Cam Jansen Mysteries |
| 2-3 |
|
Encyclopedia Brown |
| 2-3 |
|
The A-Z Mysteries |
| 2-3 |
|
The Boxcar Mysteries |
| 3-6 |
|
Christopher, Matt |
| 4-5 |
|
Chronicles of Narnia |
| 4-5 |
|
Hardy Boys |
| 4-5 |
|
Military subjects |
| 4-5 |
|
Series of Unfortunate Events |
Grades 5-8
| Grades |
Girls Favorite |
Guys Favorite |
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| Because of Winn-Dixie |
Autoweek magazine |
| 5-8 |
A Child Called It |
BMX magazine |
| 5-8 |
Dear America series |
Bud Not Buddy |
| 5-8 |
Mystery Books |
Calvin and Hobbes |
| 5-8 |
She Said Yes |
Crash |
| 5-8 |
The Watson's Go To Birmingham, 1963 |
Eragon |
| 5-8 |
|
ESPN magazine |
| 5-8 |
|
Freak the Mighty |
| 5-8 |
|
Garfield |
| 5-8 |
|
Goosebumps series |
| 5-8 |
|
Lord of the Rings series |
| 5-8 |
|
Motocross magazine |
| 5-8 |
|
Sports Books |
| 5-8 |
|
Sports Illustrated for Kids magazine |
| 5-8 |
|
The Watsons Go To Birmingham, 1963 |
| 5-8 |
|
Thief Lord |
| 5-8 |
|
Touching Spirit Bear |
| 5-8 |
|
Where the Red Fern Grows |
| 5-8 |
|
Zach's Lie |
Middle School
| Grades |
Girls Favorite |
Guys Favorite |
| MS |
Harry Potter series |
Alex Rider Adventure series |
| MS |
Word-Up magazine |
Artemis Fowl series |
| MS |
Holes |
Cirque du Freak series |
| MS |
|
Ender's Game |
| MS |
|
Fear Street |
| MS |
|
Harry Potter series |
| MS |
|
Hinton, S.E. |
| MS |
|
Hobbs, Will |
| MS |
|
Holes |
| MS |
|
Korman, Gordon |
| MS |
|
Morris, Gerald |
| MS |
|
Night of the Twisters |
| MS |
|
Paulsen, Gary |
| MS |
|
Pendragon series |
| MS |
|
Redwall series |
| MS |
|
Sasquatch |
| MS |
|
Taylor, Mildred |
| MS |
|
Taylor, Theodore |
| MS |
|
The Lost Years of Merlin series |
| MS |
|
The Wish List |
| MS |
|
Tolkien, J.R.R. |
| MS |
|
Warrior's of Camlann |
| MS |
|
You Wouldn't Want to Be….(nonfiction series) |
High School
| Grades |
Girls Favorite |
Guys Favorite |
| HS |
Girl Interrupted |
1984 |
| HS |
Gingerbread |
Adams, Douglas |
| HS |
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants |
Andrews, V.C. |
| HS |
Lovely Bones |
Anthony, Piers |
| HS |
Princess Diaries |
Brave New World |
| HS |
Rennison, Louise |
Brooks, Terry |
| HS |
The Truth about Forever |
Brown, Dan |
| HS |
A Child Called It |
Card, Orson Scott |
| HS |
A Handmaid's Tale |
Catcher in the Rye |
| HS |
Cut |
Cirque du Freak series |
| HS |
McDaniel, Lurlene |
Clockwork Orange |
| HS |
Mists of Avalon |
Cobra Event |
| HS |
The Giver |
Crichton, Michael |
| HS |
Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia |
Crutcher, Chris |
| HS |
The Pact |
Da Vinci Code |
| HS |
|
Dune |
| HS |
|
Ender's Game |
| HS |
|
Ender's Shadow |
| HS |
|
Give a Boy A Gun |
| HS |
|
Goodkind, Terry |
| HS |
|
Goodman, Robert |
| HS |
|
Grisham, John |
| HS |
|
Handbook for Boys |
| HS |
|
Hatchet series |
| HS |
|
Hinton, S.E. |
| HS |
|
Hobbs, Will |
| HS |
|
Hole in My life |
| HS |
|
Holes |
| HS |
|
Horse Thief |
| HS |
|
In the Forests of the Night series |
| HS |
|
Jacques, Brian |
| HS |
|
Jordan, Robert |
| HS |
|
King, Stephen |
| HS |
|
L'Amour, Louis |
| HS |
|
Mists of Avalon |
| HS |
|
Monster |
| HS |
|
Outsiders |
| HS |
|
Pratchett, Terry |
| HS |
|
Preston, Richard |
| HS |
|
Redwall series |
| HS |
|
Salvatore, R.A. |
| HS |
|
Slaughterhouse Five |
| HS |
|
Soldier Boys |
| HS |
|
Son of the Mob |
| HS |
|
St. Michael's Scales |
| HS |
|
The Squire's Tale |
| HS |
|
Wild Man Island |
| HS |
|
Williams, Tad |
